#elf

When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#bit #british #british empire #did #empire

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#become #career #doing #every #general

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself. ↗

— Oscar Levant

#find #given #i #mind #myself

Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself. ↗

— Sam Levenson

#by-product #cannot #itself #pursue #you

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason. ↗

— Edward Levi

#conceives #dedicated #intellect #itself #power

Universities are the custodians not only of the many cultures of man, but of the rational process itself. ↗

— Edward Levi

#custodians #itself #man #many #only

The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him. ↗

— Claude Levi-Strauss

#complete #him #itself #man #will

I'm not an insecure person, per se, but I just never saw myself as the girl who walks into a place and everybody goes, 'Wow.' ↗

— Margarita Levieva

#girl #goes #i #insecure #insecure person

And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth. ↗

— James Levine

#conducting #could #depth #divested #gradually

I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream. ↗

— Adam Levine

#auditioning #chasing #come #dream #i